Symphony No. 67 (Haydn)
The Symphony No. 67 in F major, Hoboken I/67, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It was composed by 1779. The Haydn scholar H. C. Robbins Landon calls this work "one of the most boldly original symphonies of this period."[1]
Movements
The work is scored for two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings.[1] There are four movements:
- Presto, 6/8
- Adagio B-flat major, 2/4
- Menuetto & Trio, 3/4
- Finale: Allegro di molto, 2/2 - Adagio e cantabile, 3/8 - Allegro di molto, 2/2
This is the only symphony where Haydn opens in fast 6/8 time without a slow introduction.[2]
At the end of the second movement, the entire string section is directed to play col legno dell'arco (with the back of the bow).[1]
The trio of the minuet is scored for two solo violins each playing con sordino on single strings. The first violin plays the melody on the E string and the second violin tunes its G string down to F and plays a drone on the open string.[3]
The closing Allegro di molto departs from the standard finale form. It features its own internal Adagio e cantabile slow movement. The fast music is first interrupted by a solo string trio (two violins and cello) instructed to play piano e dolce.[1] The rest of the orchestra elaborates on this slow section, including some passages for the string trio's woodwind counterparts (two solo oboes and a bassoon),[2] before the initial Allegro di molto section returns and Haydn brings the symphony to its conclusion.
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 HC Robbins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 2, Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766-1790
- 1 2 Brown, A. Peter, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2). Indiana University Press (ISBN 025333487X), pp. 160-166 (2002).
- ↑ Hodgson, Antony, "The Music of Joseph Haydn: The Symphonies", p. 50-51